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W. P. HARRIS.

v AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 19, 1911.

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AIRSHIP. APPLIOATION FILED DEO. 19, 1911.

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wit/mono WILLIAM P. HARRIS, F STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

AIRSHIP'.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1912.

Application filed December 19, 1911. Serial No. 666,806.

To all lwhom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. HARRIS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, in the -county of San Joaquin, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Airships; j

and'I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsI to make and use the same, reference being had` to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which. form a part of this application.

l5 This invention relates to improvements inaerial ships, and isa departure from the aerial ships commonly known as aeroplanes in that I do not depend on the usual structure of planes commonly used for the purpose of maintaining the equilibrium of the ship when it is in the an.

The object of my invention is to produce an airship, the principle of which is directly taken from that of a bird; adding, of :a5 course, certain mechanical improvements which permits of the ship being balanced evenbetter than is the bird in air. p

In constructing my improved invention I first provide wings and a tail patterned after the wingsand tail of a bird, the body of the car being then suspended from .and b elow these wings and centrally thereof, whereby the weight of the car acting on the wings as the ear tips one way or the other will`continually cause the ship to maintain its equilibrium for the reason that when the vsame tips to one side the air is relieved from under one of the wings and more air pres-y sure is taken on under the other wing andl the weight of the suspended car then pulls on the wings having the least, air pressure thereunder, and which causes. the ship to right itself again.

A fprther object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive structure and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is de-l signed.

These objects I accomplish by' means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal-of the following specification and claim. A

In-the drawings similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the I5 several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete ship. Fig. 2 is a sectional view' of the wings and car.v Fig. 3 is a top plan view of la portion of the car.

Referring now more particularly 'to the 60 characters of refgrence on the drawings, I lirst provide spreading wings 1 having under portions 2 inclosed as shown.

lThe numeral 3 designates the car of the ship which has upwardly` projecting beams 65 4 carrying a central shaft or pin 5 on which f the wings 1 2 are pivotally mounted, said wings'1 2 having guide members 6 disposed within the sides of the car 3 which maintains the car 3 in normal vertical posi- 70 tion with respect to the said wings. On the. car 3 are the usual running wheels 7 and a front steering wheel 8. Within the car 3 is theo-perating engine 9 above which isthe operato-rs seat 10. Secured on a framev 11 75 connected with the car 3 is a tail structure 12 fashioned after the tail of a bird when it is outspread. Between the car 3. and the ta'il 12 is-a shaft 13 on which is mounted a propeller 14 operated by a cable 15v connect 80 ed with the drum 16 on the drive shaft 17 of the engine 9. In each ofthe wings 1 is out Va; slot 18 in which is journaled a propeller 19 driven by suitable gearing 2O and 21 connected with the engine 9. .85

deflected to one side or the other in order to steer the ship in what-ever direction itis desired to go.

By reason of the pivot 5 the wings 1 2 maybe thrown upward or downward for the purpose ofbalancing the ship in the following manner, namely: a cable 31 is fastened to said wings 1 2 at the forward and rearward end and passes thence around pulleys 32 .and 33 to a drum 34 having an operating handle 35 within reach of the .opera- 105 tors seat 10, whereby by moving said handle 35 one way or the other, the wings 1 2 1 will be thrown upward or downward for the balancing urposes, as aforesaid.u

In practice a propeller 14 will drive the 110' ship and the propellers 19 may be also used for the same purpose driving the air backward under the wings 1 2 which will give y mediately relieves the air from under the wing whlch goes upward and takes a greater pressure under the wing which drops down` ward and the weight of the car tipping to the side under which theair pressure has been relieved immediately pulls downward on that side and the pressure of the air under the other wing and the weight of said oar as aforesaid, pulls the entire ship to upright position again.v

From the foregoingy description it will readily appear that I have produced vsuch an airship as substantially fulils the objects of the invention as set forth herein.y

While this specification sets forth inde-y tail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as bh Car Vsides as said 'wings are moved wit do not form a departure from the Yspirit of cure by Letters Patent is A device of the character described comprising a car havin sides, an upwardly projecting beam rigi ly secured to each of said sides, a shaft turnably mounted in the upper ends of said beams, wings having an under frame mounted on said shaft, guide members rigidly secured to said wings and projecting within the sides of said car and adapted to bear against such sides, such guides being capable of moving alon 4saliti t e movement of said shaft, a drum provided with a handle disposed within said car, and a cable connected with each end of said wings and being disposed around said drum, as described.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses. WILLIAM P. HARRIS. Witnesses:

JOSHUA B. WEBSTER, FRANK H. CARTER. 

